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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 8, 2022 10:59:14 GMT
I believe that a company is only required to stock parts and support an item for 10 years,
this is pretty much the standard in most all electronics, automobiles, appliances, tools , ect.
Many times a third party company picks up the slack if the need warrants it.
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 9, 2022 13:28:31 GMT
I believe that a company is only required to stock parts and support an item for 10 years,
this is pretty much the standard in most all electronics, automobiles, appliances, tools , ect.
Many times a third party company picks up the slack if the need warrants it.
Who would enforce that? Department of Commerce? if they get fined, its not working based upon all the part shortages from automotive to everything else it seems.
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Post by chipset35 on Nov 9, 2022 13:31:24 GMT
If Lionel is eliminating their warranty completely, then why would a hobbyist continue to purchase their products? Business survives on quality, reliability, dependability and competitiveness. Without those core principles of business no company can survive. The sign of things going downhill was when 5 years ago, the majority of new releases always seemed to be the same engines over and over, but with just different paint schemes for holidays, sport teams, and personalized with names etc. That way, they can say its new, when its not, charge more each year, while not having to spend money on new tooling etc.
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Post by RickyTanner on Nov 9, 2022 18:38:10 GMT
Lionel lost me as a customer about the time Jerry Calabrese left in 2014. It's been all downhill since then.
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